Last week I mentioned that the real name of Q, the Bullfinch barback, is unknown. Well, his mother should know, and she called me proudly when the column came out. All hail Quentin Duke, cool as a cuke. (Am I trying to get this guy mad at me?)

The reference got another response. Seems that Jilly Tight—sometime singer for Mounted Edna and a longtime student of behind-the-bar culture—thinks it unfair that we awarded Q the title of best local bar oddsbody without checking out more of the competition. She sent a list with no less than seven other contenders.

Yes, but do they book the bands? We hoist our bias high.

The Communists for the FBI and Joe & Miranda at the Bullfinch… Bachelor’s Children and The Club Eskimos at Hamilton’s… Dreft Stars back at D’Ollaire’s, confirming that they are truly on the way down, with the up-and-coming Red Foleys…